Our new year-long program will begin in November!
my swatch worked in Norwegian wool
Would you like to be part of a program that runs from
November 2024 to November 2025?
There will be 5 scheduled Saturday afternoon classes, spread out over the year. You’ll have plenty of knitting time and all the support you need, to knit through a year with blue anemones blooming in your hands. We’ll celebrate with a dinner out together in our cardigans!
picture copied from ravelry
The Learning
– customizing the fit
– knitting a top-down steeked garment with a round yoke
– working all-over stranded colourwork – mainly two colours per round
– reinforcing and cutting steeks
– picking up and knitting button bands and working buttonholes
– blocking
– optional ribbon application over the steeked edges
picture copied from ravelry
Please email me if you would like a spot held for you,
and the details plus registration information sent out.
The first class will be held on November 30.
The other four dates will be determined during our first class,
so that all students’ schedules can be considered.
I am so excited about knitting this project with you.
Thank you so much to our studio friend, Cheryl,
for sharing this pattern idea!
I found these beautiful flowers impossible to resist.
picture copied from ravelry
A Ripple Blanket
Wonderful for Beginner Lace Knitters
Saturdays from 1 to 3:30
September 28, October 26, December 14
Creating a blanket using a multiple of Feather and Fan Lace repeats is so satisfying. The combining of increases and decreases in a steady rhythm brings the fabric together and pushes it apart, creating a ripple effect that begins at the cast on edge. It is a magical way to learn lace knitting. It creates intriguing fabric even in one colour, but add in some colour play and it just doesn’t get old!
Venessa’s Ripple Blanket swatches
This program is suited to knitters with good basic knitting skills, and will add a new look to garter stitch based stitch patterns. All knitters are welcome, as this may be a stitch pattern that you missed in your knitting life!
We’ll swatch this one in class, learning the rhythm as we do that. The blanket size is up to you. You will learn a very simple way to use this beautiful repeating lace, to create the blanket you want.
Please click here to email for the details, yarn suggestions, and registration information.
TGIFNKOC
Thank Goodness It’s Friday Night Knitting in the Outside Classroom
6 to 9 on Fridays: September 20 – more dates to come soon
Please complete your registration by Tuesday, September 16.
There’s a comfy chair waiting for you!
And it lights up!
This was a TGIFNK class in 2020 when we couldn’t meet inside!
– you need some help with your project
– you would like some company while you knit or crochet
– you missed your regular program class and need to catch up
If this program interests you and you would like registration information please email me. I will hold a spot for you until you are fully registered.
Watermelon Baby Cardigan and (optional) Hat
This sweater is one of the projects featured at
Thank Goodness It’s Friday Night Knitting
6 to 9 p.m.
We have one more class on September 20.
Venessa’s sweater when it was still on the vine!
The Selbu Coat
a design by Eli at Skeindeer Knits
Saturdays 1 to 5:00 p.m.
This class is underway. Thank you for registering.
The remaining dates are: November 16, December 7
photo of Venessa’s back and front, and crocheted reinforcement
This stunning design based on the traditional Norwegian Selbuvotter patterns, is an easy to wear work of art. Knit in the recommended yarns, the fabric is light and just cozy enough. Intricate looking, but quick to knit on larger needles!
In our next class we will be cutting open a sleeve steek, and picking up the stitches for the first sleeve.
a design by Meghan Babin
Saturdays 1 to 5:00 p.m.
This class is underway. Thank you for registering.
The remaining dates are: November 16, December 7
photo of Venessa’s Awen sleeves
This raglan pullover is knit from the bottom up, in pieces, then seamed. Heavily cabled designs need the stability of seams to prevent the heavier fabric from stretching out over time. The neckband is picked up and worked in the round after seaming.
Flip the Islander!
a traditional Norwegian Pullover
by Skeindeer Knits
We are taking out the modern twist! What?!
this photo is a copy from Eli’s ravelry page
4 Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m.
January to April, 2025 Dates to be decided on soon.
Woolly and warm, Islender/Islander Sweaters were knit for sailors and fishers, to keep them dry at sea. This motif is traditional, and with its short floats creates a warm double layered fabric.
We’ll be flipping Eli’s design and working this garment bottom-up! This is not the flip we usually make here at the studio! Usually it’s the other way around. But this traditional garment will be knit bottom-up, staying true to most of Eli’s design and pattern.
You can purchase it on ravelry.
this photo is a copy from Eli’s ravelry page
The Learning
We will create a meaningful swatch that mimics circular knitting.
We’ll knit from the bottom up.
We will strand the colours so that your fabric will lay flat and maintain its stretch.
We will customize the fit if you want to. The sizes range from 31? to 61? at the bust.
You’ll learn how you can make changes to the neck band if you want a different look.
We’ll learn to knit small circumference stranded fabric so that it matches the large circumference stranded fabric.
This project is best suited to a brave advanced beginners, who are comfortable knitting in the round. and to intermediate knitters who want to add a few new techniques to their tool box.
You can find the pattern here. Many of the yarns can be found here.
Please get in touch with questions, to be added to the class list, and to get the details and registration information.
Dates will be announced by November, 2024.
Aran Weight Fairisle
picture from Marie Wallin’s website
The Farne Pullover
by Marie Wallin
Top Down and Seamless
Five Saturdays, 1 to 5:00
Spring 2025
This design, from Marie Wallin’s recently released book, Aran, features her new Aran Weight British Breeds Yarn. Marie has magical powers when it comes to colour, and her yarn reflects this talent. But, there are other beautiful aran weight yarns that can be used for this project. I am happy to help you if you would like to substitute. This pullover begs to be scrappy, too! Mixing lighter yarns together from your stash to create your own pallet. Imagine!
The Learning
We will create a meaningful swatch that mimics circular knitting.
We’ll knit from the top down in the round: the design is basic, so the colourwork can be your focus
We will strand the colours so that your fabric lays flat and your motifs shine!
We will customize the fit if you want to: The sizes range from 40? to 57? at the bust. You will learn how to adjust an all-over colourwork project to fit a wider range of measurements.
I’m seeing a turtleneck. You’ll learn how you can make the neck your own!
We’ll learn to manage the ends because there will be many! That should never be the reason for not knitting with all the colours!
We’ll learn to knit small circumference colourwork so that it matches the large circumference colourwork.
This project is best suited to a brave advanced beginner knitter who is comfortable knitting in the round, and would like to get a lot of practice stranding colours. Intermediate to advanced knitters can make this project their own, by customizing the fit, switching up the colours, trying out a new stranding method, or even cardiganizing it! I am here to get you where you want to be!
You can find the pattern here with a kit; here in the book; where you can also find the yarn.
Please get in touch with questions, or to be added to the class list, and to get the details and registration information.
picture from Marie Wallin’s website
The Cherri Cardigan
by Joanna Ang
Top Down Lace Knitting
4 Saturdays, 1 to 5 pm
The remaining dates are September 21, October 19
Registration for this program is closed now.
We are busy building beautiful cardigans together!
In our next class we’ll be picking up for the sleeves.
picture from ravelry
Knit up with a strand of fingering weight wool plus a strand of silk mohair, the Cherri Cardigan has a soft and summery look, but can be worn as a warm layer for all seasons.
The Learning:
top down lace knitting
how increases, decreases, holes, and clusters interact to make lace fabric
tubular cast on
tubular bind off
german short rows
charted lace pattern with written instructions
double knitted neck band
broken rib
My swatches with Knitting for Olive Merino and Isager Silk Mohair.
Thank you very much for supporting new adventures at the studio.
I am so grateful for your trust, and for the friendships you have nurtured.
